Improvement in corn-planters



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LANDER BECKER., OF JACKSON TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters 4Patent No. 111,510, dated February 7, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS.A

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same,

To all whom it may concern:

Beit kuown'that I, LEANDER Backen, of Jacksontownship, in the county o f York and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Corn-Planters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionl thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of .the same, and in which- Figure l represents a plan view of my invention. Figures?. and 3, sheet No. 2, are 9longitudinal sections thereof, taken through the line x :v of iig. l.

This invention relates to an improvement in cornplanters, and consists of devices, to be hereinafter fully set forth, by means of .which the cultivator-teeth or shovels, the corn-dr`ills and spouts, are raisedor depressed, and the agitator-bars, with holes for feeding the cornto be planted to the seedspouts,are simultaneously thrown in and out of operation as the above parts are raisedor depressed, and of devices by means oi' which the corn-drills and cultivator-shorels or teeth may be set at any desired angle or inclination with the line of draft, and also allowed to readily yieldv vertically should they be fbi-ought into contact with obstacles.

Similar letters ot lreference 1n the several figures indicate corresponding parts of my invention..

Io enable those skilled in the artto which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, which is as follows: y

. In the accompanying drawing, consisting of sheets Nos. l and 2- A represents aframe rectangular in form, and s upplied with two longitudinal bars a a, placed. a short distance apart, and transverse bar al.

The frame, whichis mounted upon the axles a2 a2, supplied with the wheels a3 a, is secured to the former in theV ordinary manner.

B B are the boxes or receptacles for. the-corn, secured upon the transverse board al, and furnished vat the top with hinged lids and at the bot-tom with passages for the corn.

C'O are the agitator-bars, which are also supplied withpassages for the corn,`which, when the said bars are "operated, will be made to come in contact with the" openings in boxes B B, allowing' the seed in the said boxes to pass through them and enter the cornspouts c c', which are secured tothe lower Side ofthe board a1, having openings through them.

`D is a connecting-bar, having the ends of each of its right-angular portions attached to the-agitator-bars C C in a suitable manner, and the endv oi' its handle or central portion connected to a pinion, d, near its periphery, as seen in igs. 2 and 3.

rJ.he pinion d gears with another pinion Z2-'firmly secured to the rearaxle. A v

It is the object of the connecting-bar` D, which receives motion through the pinions (l dl, to operate the agitator-bars O C.

The axle of the pinion d has its bearing within a journal-box di., which is secured to one of the boardsa of frame A by means of staples da and Z*, so as tol allow itr to have vertical mot-ion, or nearly so, the object oi' which being to allow the pinion d toA be disengagged-from the pinion dl on the rear axle.

E is a connecting-bar, bent or curved at each end, and entering apertures in the lever F and an S-shaped bar, c, which is provided with a series of apertures, e c', the object of said apertures c c being to permit the bar E to be attached to the S-shaped bar c at various points, in order that the pinion d, to'the'axle of`which it is fastened by the journal-box d2, may be elevated at different heights. y

The bar lor lever c "is loosely secured at one end -to the journal-box d2 by means ofv a small bar passing through au aperture in said bar eA and entering recesses cut in shoulders (l5 d5, formed ou the said'journal-box.

The lever e has its fulcrum in. an upright, c?, fastened to one of the boards a.

v'The lever F, which is connected with the S-shaped bar or lever c by the connecting-bar E, as already described, has its fulcrum upon the revolving bolt f, passing through the transverse pivoted bar G, to which it is keyedand is for the purpose of both throwing into and out of gear the pinion d with the pinion d, communicating motion, andelevating or del pressing the bar` G, carrying the cultivator-shovels,

consequently giving a like motion to the said shovels or teeth.

Theeuds of the pivoted bar G are reduced, forming projections thereon which enter apertures in the nprights G1, thereby allowing said bar to be freely,y

operated orraised and depressed.

rIhrough the elongated, slotted portion of the curvilinear metal bar G2 passes the lever F, which` can bel held' therein at any desired point by means of the sei-rations gg cut thercinfsee fig. l. This bar G" is fastened to one of the bars a of the frame A.

1I H are short bars or blocks, pivoted at one end tov "the upper side of the long oar G, and supplied at their opposite ends with recesses to receive the upper ends of the bars I I, supplied witha series of apertures, i i.

Embracing the blocks or bars H H, and entering the bars G, are staples H H.

h h are spiral springs, surrounding pins passing through apertures in the blocks H H, and confined at their upper ends by means of the staples H H', and

pressing at their lower ends'against the upper side ot" the` said blocks, thc object oi' said springs being to allow the cultivator-teeth andstandards to readily yield should they comein contact with any obstacle while in. operation, they being connected to theA blocks H H havingr said springs.

K K are the cultivator-standards or drag-bars,-

.vator-standards K K can vbe placed at any angle or inclination'with the line of draft, making a shallow or deep furrow by the shovels ilfi attached to the standards K K at a point nea-r their lower ends, and firmly held thereto by ametallic brace, fifi t2, and legs or bars j-j. If the ground be of a soddycharacter the shovels z il will cut it, and, followed by the drill i, which protects the grains of corn, they will care= fully be deposited in the proper place.

The drills i i, which receive the corn from the spouts G C', are supplied with a series of apertures, t ti, by means of which and pins they are connected to the standards K K and metallic braces if is, said braces being fastened at their opposite ends to the legs j j of shovels t* il. They can also, by means of these apertures, be placed at any desired point aboveA or below the plane of the lower or under side of the shovels.

L L are pendent b races attached to the frame A,

andembracing the cnltivator-standards, the 'object of which being to form guides for said standards.

Having` thus described my invention,

XVliat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. rIhe lever F, connecting-rod E, S-shaped bar or lever c, journal-box d2, pinion and axle d, and pinion di, all combined, constructed, and operating as and for the purpose set.Y forth.

2; In combination with the above, the bifurcated connecting-barD and agitator-bars C O, arranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The lever F, in' combination with the pivoted transverse'bar ,G, perforated connecting-bars I I, and standards K K, with teeth il and corn-drill if' i, constructed and operating substantially as and ifor the purpose'set forth.

4.` The combination ofthe pivoted blocks or bars H H, staplesH H', and springs hh with the perforated connecting-bars I I of the cultivator-staudard drag-bars K K, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing coruplanter I have hereuntn setmy hand this 10th day of December, 1870.

lVitnesses E. D. ZIEGLER, JN0. A. METZELL.

LEANDER BECKER. 

